Quick Definition
a corner, a secret place
Strong's Definition
an angle
Derivation: probably akin to G1119 (γόνυ);
KJV Usage: corner, quarter
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
γωνία, γωνίας, ἡ (from Herodotus down), an angle, i. e.
a. an external angle, corner (German Ecke): τῶν πλατειῶν, Mat_6:5; κεφαλή γωνίας, Mat_21:42; Mar_12:10; Luk_20:17; Act_4:11; 1Pe_2:7 (τΔΜπΘΜδ ψΙΰωΡ, Psalm 117:22 (), the head of the corner, i. e. the cornerstone (ἀκρογωνιαῖος, which see); αἱ τέσσαρες γωνίαι τῆς γῆς, the four extreme limits of the earth, Rev_7:1; Rev_20:8.
b. like German Winkel, Latinangulus, English (internal) corner, equivalent to a secret place: Act_26:26 (so Plato, Gorgias, p. 485 d. βίον βιωναι ἐν γωνία, Epictetus diss. 2, 12, 17; (for other examples see Wetstein on Acts, the passage cited; Stallbaum on Plato, the passage cited)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
γωνία gōnia 9x
an exterior angle, projecting corner, Mat_6:5 ; Mat_21:42 ; an interior angle; by impl. a dark corner, obscure place, Act_26:26 ; corner, extremity, or quarter of the earth, Rev_7:1 ; Rev_20:8 capstone; corner; cornerstone.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
γωνία , -ας , ἡ
( < γόνυ ),
[in LXX chiefly for H6438 ;]
an angle, a corner: Mat_6:5 , Act_26:26 ; τ . τέσσαρας γ . τ . γῆς , Rev_7:1 ; Rev_20:8 ; κεφαλὴ γωνίας ( H6438 H7218 , Psa_118:22 , LXX ), Mat_21:42 , Mar_12:10 , Luk_20:17 , Act_4:11 , 1Pe_2:7 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
γωνία [page 134]
P Oxy II. 243 .21 (A.D. 79) ἀπὸ τῆς βορινῆ [ς γω ]νίας τοῦ προπυλῶνος , from the northern angle of the gateway, P Lond 122 .8 (magic, iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 116) ἐν ταῖ δ̄ γωνίαις τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (cf. Rev_7:1 ; Rev_20:8 ). P Ryl II. 130 .9 (A.D. 31) εἰς τὸν ὑπάρχοντά μοι περὶ Εὐημερείαν τῆς Θεμίστο (υ ) μερίδος ἐλαιῶνα ἐν τῇ γωνίᾳ , in the area of Euhemeria in the division of Themistes at the corner (Edd.). Ib. 156 .13 (i/A.D.) ἀπὸ τῆς λιβικῆς γωνίας τοῦ πύργου . The noun was naturally used in architectural documents, like Syll 537 (iv/B.C.) ter. Schlageter, p. 12, gives instances of the adj. γωνιαῖος , angularis, from the inscriptions, remarking that it seems to be used principally in the Κοινή . In MGr γωνιά = corner, angle.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
γωνία [Etym: γόνυ] "a corner, angle", Hdt. "a joiner's square", Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
γωνία, -ας, ἡ
(γόνυ), [in LXX chiefly for פִּנָּה ;]
an angle, a corner: Mat.6:5, Act.26:26; τ. τέσσαρας γ. τ. γῆς, Rev.7:1, 20:8; κεφαλὴ γνωνίας (רֹאשׁ פִּנָּה, Ps 117(118):22, LXX), Mat.21:42, Mrk.12:10, Luk.20:17, Act.4:11, 1Pe.2:7.†
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